Spring-frame construction.



L. A. YOUNG.

SPRING FRAME CONSTRUCTION. 'APPLICATION FILED NOM-I, |909. 1,155,391, Patented oet. 5,1915.

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SPRING FRAME CONSTRUCTION. APPucATloN FILED Nov.1, 1909.

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SPRING-FRAME CONSTRUCTIGN.

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Specification vof Letters Patent.

Application led November 1, 1909. Serial No. 525,635.

To all whom t may concern: A p

Be it known thatI, LEONARD A. YOUNG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Vayne, State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring-Frame Construction; and I do declarev the following to useat the back' of an automobile body to afford an easy rest for the rider.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a resilient back for` automobile bodies of such construction as to support the rider in a comfortable position, and wherein the arrangement is such asto effect economy in the use of hair, and at the same time maintain the spring frame in proper position and preserve the desired. contour'of the ginal wires of the rear section of the spring The outer secondary section of the j upholstery. p y

A further object is to provide a construction which will prevent the sagglng or flattening of the roll at the top and which will u after compression insure the return ofthe` parts to their normal position.

A further objectA s to prevent the sagging of the outer portion of the spring frame and preserve the parts in their proper relative positions. y

^ The above objects are attained by the structure illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein,-

Figurevl isv an elevation of a spring frame construction involving my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view in perspective, .showing one of the spring arches connecting the top border wires of the frame construction. Fig.

I l is an elevation of one of the spring arches,

modified form of the spring arch. Fig. 8 is an elevation of lone of the diagonal brace rods extending between the outer and inner frames of the structure to support the outer frame in position. Fig.'9 is a fragmentaryview m perspective of a portion of one of thev supporting strips that 'connect the arches at the top to maintain them in parallel relation and hold" the hair stu'fng from. passing rea-tentaient. naait..

therethrough. Fig. l() is va similar view showing the manner of attaching said strips to the arches.

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l. designates the rear portion or primary' section ofthe-spring frame which is rectangular in form and which has an upper lborder wire 2 and a lower border wire 3; the vertical marginal wires of the rear section of the frame being connected" by the horizontal strips 4f. Mounted upon and crossing the horizontal .strips 4 are the vertical strips 5 which are connected to said horizontal strips v and support thecoiled springs. 6 which are mounted thereon in any suitable manner.' The upper end, of the vertical strips 5 are attached to the upper border wire 2, While` the lower ends of said vertical strips are at-.

tached to the lower cross bar 7 which at its opposite ends is secured to the vertical marvupperborder wire 9, and also connected byv a lower cross bar l0, the lower ends of said marginal wires curvmg rearwardly and being secured by clips 11 to the lower .border wire 3 of the inner or rear section of the spring-frame. 'lhe marginal wires 8 of thev outer frame are curved togi've to the spring.

back the desired contour, as clearly shown in Figs.. 5 and 6, and are normally held dise tended bythe coiled springs 6, the marginal springs of which are attachedfto said marginal wires, and to the upper border wire 9 and cross bar l0, as clearlyshown in Fig. l. f

To maintain the springs 6 in position, they are connected throughout the central por-A tion of the structure by the coiled springs 12, shown at the left of Fig. l. V

To assist in holding'the upper end of the spring .frame in position, and at the same time to afford a support for the hair or other plurality of connecting arches are employed whose ends are fastened by suitableclips 14 `s-.uiiing which is employed in upholstery, a 110 With two smaller coils, as shown at 16 in Fig.

4c, orof a flat strip of spring steel, as shown in Fig. 7, providedwith return bends 17 therein to insure the necessary flexibility. Vhere the flat strip of spring steel is employed, eyes 18 are formed in the ends of said strip which embrace the border wires 2 and 9 to effect a connection between saidparts. For the'purpose of tying the arches x 13 together and of affording additional support for the stuffing of hair or other material, flat metallic strips,19 are employed which extend across the arches, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and to which the arches are secured by the tongues 20 which are struck therefrom, as shown in Fig. 9 and are caused to embrace the strands of the arches, as shown in Fig. 10, whereby the arches are tied together and are held properly spaced and in an upright position.

By extending the marginal wires 8 downwardly to the bottom border wire 3, the marginal portions of the outer part or section of the spring frameare supported in a manner to prevent sagging. To provide a proper support for the central portion of the outer part or section of the frame, the intermediate diagonal brace rods 21 are em- `ployed', the upper ends of which are se.

cured by clips 22 to the top borderwire 9 of the outer section, while the inner ends of' y said bracerods are in like manner secured to the centralcross bar 7 of the inner section of the frame. By this arrangement the outervframe section with its stufiing of hair 23 and its exterior covering of leather 24 1s supported so as to maintain it perfectly in place and preserve the contour thereof.-

The arches 13 being resilient, will'yield whenpressure is applied to the outer face of the cushion so that the required flexibility of the cushion is not impaired, while the presence; of the arches connecting the upper l parts of the spring frame, assists in tying said Aparts yieldingly together and effects a material saving in the quantity of hair or other stuiiing material required to form the the pressure is released; While the .diagonal braces 21 without interfering with the resiliency of the spring frame construction, serve at all times to support the'outer section rof said frame and prevent it working down and the fa'ce of the cushion from losing its desired shape.

Vhen' in position in the body' of the vehicle, the lower borderwire 3 rests upon the bottom 26 ofthe seat, while the rear section of resilientlarches projecting above said border wires and adapted to yieldingly support the upholstery in an arc above the top bor-ders of the frames, said arches extending between said border wires to which their terminals are flexibly connected.

2. A spring frame construction, comprising spaced border members in substantially parallel relation, a plurality of resilient arches extending between said border mem- .bers to yieldingly support the upholstery in a projected arc, and alaterally extending member crossing between and connecting the tops of said arches.

3. A spring frame construction having body springs, separate frames. yieldingly held in spaced relation thereby, and a plurality of arch springs connected to the frame structure to lie outside of the plane of the frame sides and to act independently of the other springs forfyieldingly supporting applied upbolstery in an arch beyond the frame sides.

4. A spring frame construction, comprising Ia fixed primary frame, a movable secondary frame, a plurality ofl projected arches extending between the tops of said frames to support the upholstery in an arc above the borders thereof, and diagonally disposed brace rods 'connecting said frames to support Athe movable secondary frame independently of said arches.

.5.' A spring frame construction, comprising a fixed primary frame vertically dis.

posed, a movable secondary frame in front of the primary frame, a plurality of projected resilient arches extending between and connecting the tops of said frames, and means for resiliently suspending the secondary frame in advance of the primary frame independently of said arches.l

'6. In combination with a supporting frame, a helical spring rising therefrom and adapted to oscilla long its helical axis, an

' arched spring uniting the support and the free end of the helical spring, the arc ex-V tending beyond the edge of the supporting frame and forming a'support for anupholstering cover extending from the plane of the' top of the helical spring around the edge of the frame, and a pa'ir of connect-ing and bracing members extending from the curved portion of said arc spring to corresponding portions of similar adjacent springs 7. A spring frame construction,l comprising a, fixed primary frame vertically disposed, a secondary frame located in front of the primary frame and having curved marginal Wires hinged at their lower endsto the bottom of said primary frame, coiled springs interposed between said frames, a plurality of brace rods extending diagonally between said frames and jointedly connected thereto to support the primary frame, and a plurality of resilient arches extendingv above and yieldingly connecting the tops of ysaid frames. and a laterally extending member connect-ing the tops of said arches.

8. An edge sp1- ing for a cushion seat, consisting of a unitary piece of spring Wire adapted to be yieldingly attached at its top to the top of one of the coiled springs of the seat and to be yieldingly held thereby'at the desired distance above the plane of the lateral face of the exposedframe piece,l its central portion being convolteand arched toextend over the edge of the 'seat frame and interiorly of t-he outer edge thereof at the yieldingly anchored top, whereby an upholstering cushion rested thereon may be yieldingly held from Contact with the seat rame along the edge thereof, substantially as described. y

9. In a spring construction, the combination of a fixed supporting frame substantially vertical, a movable frame in front of' the supporting frame, a plurality of helical springs between said fra-mes, arches connecting the upper edgesof the supporting frame and the movable :trame and forming a support for the upholstering extending'l over the tops of said arches and the front of the movable frame, and a pair of flat resilient bars connected to the movable frame and 'to the supporting frame for thev purpose of supporting the movable frame independently of said arches. c In testimony whereof, I sign this sp'ecig cation in the presence of two Witnesses. LEONARD A. YOUNG. Witnesses:

E. S. WHEEIER, I. Gf. Hownn'rn base, and to engage at its bottom against the l 

